单词 | bad situation |
释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔ACCEPT〕Six months after the earthquake, city residents continue to make the best of a bad situation. 地震发生六个月以后,城里的居民都尽力凑合着过日子。朗文写作活用〔aggravate〕They're afraid that we might aggravate an already bad situation.他们担心我们可能会使已经很糟的局势更加恶化。韦氏高阶〔out of〕Let's try to make the best out of a bad situation.让我们在不利的形势下尽力而为吧。韦氏高阶〔take〕I just can't take any more (=can't deal with a bad situation any longer) .我再也受不了了。朗文当代〔time bomb〕The prison governors are sitting on a time bomb (= are having to deal with a bad situation that is likely to become difficult to deal with or control).监狱长们如同正坐在定时炸弹上。剑桥高阶He has lost his job, but he's got a lot of money in the bank, so that will cushion the blow (=make a bad situation less serious).他失业了,但因为银行里存了很多钱,所以情况不至太糟。剑桥国际The discovery that the government was aware of the cover-up has really added fuel to the fire / flames (=made a bad situation worse).当人们发现政府知道这掩饰丑闻的事,这可真是火上浇油。剑桥国际The prison governors are sitting on a time bomb (= are having to deal with a bad situation that is likely to become difficult to deal with or control).狱长们正坐在定时炸弹上。剑桥国际They told me I was too old for the job, and then to add insult to injury (=to make a bad situation worse) they refused to pay my expenses! 他们说我做这项工作太老了,更糟糕的是,他们拒绝支付我的费用。剑桥国际 |
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